Out in the OPEN: Year in Review 2014
OPEN is proud to announce the publication of the first Out in the OPEN, a year-end review highlighting our successes and projects throughout 2014. In these pages you’ll see parents fighting for their kids, data on the 2014 OPEN Public Education Award honorees, tributes to those our community has lost, up-to-the-minute information on crucial sc
Read moreFinal OPEA Winners Featured on NOLA.com!
Four New Orleans charter schools will be honored this month by the Orleans Public Education Network: Edward Hynes and Warren Easton for high achievement, McDonogh #32 for fast growth and Alice Harte for teacher quality. The network announced the winners Tuesday, with Director Deirdre Johnson Burel calling them "a particularly distinguished group."
Read moreDeirdre Johnson Burel at the Lens: “OPSB can’t advance a collective agenda”
For democracy to work, citizens must be engaged and speak up in ways that encourage — indeed require — our elected officials to respond in alignment with our values. They do, or fail to do so, at their own peril. So, perhaps more disconcerting than the 4-3 bloc is what it says about the fissures that divide our broader community. Click here
Read moreDeirdre Johnson Burel Serves on 2015 Brock Prize Jury
OPEN's Executive Director Deirdre Johnson Burel recently travelled to Tulsa, OK, to serve on the 2015 Brock International Prize in Education jury. The Brock International Prize in Education recognizes an individual who has made a specific innovation or contribution to the science and art of education, resulting in a significant impact on the pr
Read moreOPEA Title Honorees, Today on NOLA.com
The Orleans Public Education Network officially announced the winners of its two top annual honors Thursday. Mary Haynes-Smith, principal of Mary Bethune Elementary, will receive the Enduring Impact Award. James M. "Jim" Singleton, chairman of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority and former City Council member, will be honored as the 2014 Distin
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